Playing Nine

That's Tony LaRussa's motto, and it definitely paid off last night for the Cardinals. Their ace, Chris Carpenter, left in the ninth after giving up 4 runs and getting no support at all. However, the Cards rallied and scored 5 in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Giants. While Edmonds drove in the last two, it was names like Molina, Taguchi and Nunez that kept the game going. That's what happens when you play the entire game. You just never know.

The Cards then extended their streak by winning 4-2 today. Matt Morris pitched better than he has in probably a month. If he could keep that up, the Cards would be even that more dangerous. Plus they got Larry Walker back today, which could be a shot in the arm to the offense. At least it got Mike Mahoney back to AAA.

Meron just came back in from running errands and she had bought Benjamin a new toy. He has a lot of the Fisher Price blocks that have things in them (I'm forgetting the name at the moment) and she got him the Gobblin' Hippo walker/riding toy that goes with them. He's shown an interest in pushing things around, so he should enjoy playing with this. He'll be ramming it into the walls in no time, I'm sure of it!

Other than that, not too eventful of a day. Way too hot to do any yard work (even if I wanted to, which I didn't, though it'll have to be done soon). Watched some Law & Order as I got up early with Benjamin through him taking a nap on me. I'm about halfway through Season 1, so I need to go see if I can find a used copy of Season 2.

Kansas City leads Oakland 2-1 after 6 innings. Will the streak stop tonight? 19 is a long one, but 20 would seem even longer. My bet is they hold on and celebrate this evening.

Random song from my computer: "The Nearness of You" by Norah Jones off the Come Away With Me CD. I love listening to Norah and am anxiously awaiting her third CD. This was a lovely slow ballad that I can listen to over and over. Then again, that's most of the songs on both of her CDs!

Church tomorrow and a busy day, but I may get a blog entry in tomorrow evening.